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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784860303321

Autore

Hawkesworth Celia <1942->

Titolo

Ivo Andric : bridge between East and West / / Celia Hawkesworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Dover, N.H. : , : Athlone Press, , 1984

ISBN

1-281-29165-X

9786611291655

1-84714-089-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages) : portraits, plates

Disciplina

891.8/235

Soggetti

Bosnian literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Pronunciation of Serbo-Croatian Names; 1 Introduction; 2 Verse; 3 Short Stories; 4 The Novels; 5 Devil's Yard; 6 Essays and Reflective Prose; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first intoduction in English to the Nobel prize-winning novelist and writer Ivo Andric. The book covers the full range of his work, including verse, essays and reflective prose as well as fiction. Celia Hawkesworth also provides an account of Andric's life, and the cultural history of his native Bosnia.